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This bill designates July 16 each year as "Atomic and Nuclear Veterans Day" in New York State for commemoration.
Why it matters
Highlights the contributions and sacrifices of "atomic and nuclear veterans". military personnel who participated in nuclear weapons testing or served in areas with nuclear exposure, a group whose health issues and service have often been under-recognized.
Raises public awareness about the long-term health and environmental impacts. of nuclear testing and operations, potentially encouraging discussions about veteran healthcare, compensation, and historical transparency.
Places atomic and nuclear veterans alongside other commemorated groups in New York’s official calendar. , signaling the state’s formal recognition of their unique experiences and fostering educational opportunities for future generations about nuclear history and its human cost.
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Honor Atomic Veterans Day
In Assembly Committee · Governmental Operations · Sponsor Kevin M. Byrne
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STATE OF NEW YORK
7040
IN SENATE (Prefiled)
January 8, 2020
Introduced by Sen. HARCKHAM -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance
AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to establishing July sixteenth of each year as a day of commemoration known as "Atomic and Nuclear Veterans Day"
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 168-a of the executive law, as amended by chapter 481 of the laws of 2012, is amended to read as follows:
3. The following days shall be days of commemoration in each year: January sixth, to be known as "Haym Salomon Day", January twenty-seventh, to be known as "Holocaust Remembrance Day", February fourth, to be known as "Rosa Parks Day", February fifteenth, to be known as "Susan B. Anthony Day", February sixteenth, to be known as "Lithuanian Independence Day", February twenty-eighth, to be known as "Gulf War Veterans' Day", March fourth, to be known as "Pulaski Day", March tenth, to be known as "Harriet Tubman Day", March twenty-ninth, to be known as "Vietnam Veterans' Day", April ninth, to be known as "POW Recognition Day", April twenty-seventh, to be known as "Coretta Scott King Day", April twenty-eighth, to be known as "Workers' Memorial Day", the first Tuesday in May to be known as "New York State Teacher Day", May seventeenth, to be known as "Thurgood Marshall Day", the first Sunday in June, to be known as "Children's Day", June second, to be known as "Italian Independence Day", June twelfth, to be known as "Women Veterans Recognition Day", June nineteenth, to be known as "Juneteenth Freedom Day", June twenty-fifth, to be known as "Korean War Veterans' Day", July sixteenth, to be known as "Atomic and Nuclear Veterans Day", August twenty-fourth, to be known as "Ukrainian Independence Day", August twenty-sixth, to be known as "Women's Equality Day", September eleventh, to be known as "Battle of Plattsburgh Day" and also to be known as "September 11th Remembrance Day", September thirteenth, to be known as "John Barry Day" and also to be known as "Uncle Sam Day in the State of New York",
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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September seventeenth, to be known as "Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben Memorial Day", the third Friday in September to be known as "New York State POW/MIA Recognition Day" except if such date of commemoration cannot be observed due to a religious holiday, such observances shall then be conducted on the second Friday of September, the last Saturday in September, to be known as "War of 1812 Day", the fourth Saturday of September, known as "Native-American Day", the last Sunday in September, to be known as "Gold Star Mothers' Day", October fifth, to be known as "Raoul Wallenberg Day", October eleventh, to be known as "New Netherland Day in the State of New York", October eighteenth, to be known as "Disabilities History Day", October twenty-seventh, to be known as "Theodore Roosevelt Day", November ninth, to be known as "Witness for Tolerance Day", November twelfth, to be known as "Elizabeth Cady Stanton Day", the third Tuesday in November to be known as "New York State School-Related Professionals Recognition Day", November thirtieth, to be known as "Shirley Chisholm Day", December third, to be known as "International Day of Persons with Disabilities", December seventh, to be known as "Pearl Harbor Day", December sixteenth, to be known as "Bastogne Day" and that day of the Asian lunar calendar designated as new year to be known as "Asian New Year".
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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Title of bill
An act to amend the executive law, in relation to establishing July sixteenth of each year as a day of commemoration known as "Atomic and Nuclear Veterans Day"
Purpose
The purpose of this bill to designate July sixteenth as "Atomic and Nuclear Veterans Day."
Summary of provisions
Section 1 - Amends Section 168-a (3) of the executive law to add July 16th as "Atomic and Nuclear Veterans Day."
Section 2 - Effective Date - Immediately.
Justification
Between 3945-1963 The United States conducted approximately 235 nuclear tests. During this time, at least 220,000 American service workers participated in these test, or served in the United States military forces occupying Hiroshima and Nagasaki. On July 16, 1945 with the aid of the American service members, the United States conducted the world's first nuclear detonation known as Trinity. These atomic Veterans may have been exposed to radiation during their service and due to their exposure may have developed cancer or other medical conditions. It is only fitting that their dedication to duty be properly recognized and brought to the attention of the American people.
Legislative history
This is a new bill.
Fiscal implications
None to the State.
Effective date
This act shall take effect immediately.
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